Newbie to FreeBSD here, just installed version 14.1 and the installer said no network adapters available/found.
In Linux I got the network adapter details by issuing
I looked through some forum posts for '8125' and found the following but they seem out of date:
forums.freebsd.org
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Once FreeBSD 14.1 was installed I looked around and found what appears to be the correct kernel driver file: if_re.ko
It was found in /boot/kernel directory.
As the examples in the forum posts listed above referred to this kernel driver file being in /boot/modules directory, I copied it there.
Again, following the post's advice, I modified 2 files:
1. /boot/loader.conf:
I added the following:
2. /etc/rc.conf:
I added the following:
3. run this:
4) reboot
After rebooting, I issued an
I verified with a
Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
In Linux I got the network adapter details by issuing
lspci
:
Code:
0e:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8125 2.5GbE Controller (rev 05)
I looked through some forum posts for '8125' and found the following but they seem out of date:
![forums.freebsd.org](https://forums.freebsd.org/styles/freebsd/xenforo/logo.og.png)
Realtek RTL 8125 2.5Gbps LAN controller.
Let me apologize upfront if this is too much of a basic question. Sure there are enough resources out there for me to figure this one out by myself. But, I am complete newbie to BSD Unix, and some guidance may help me to speed up the process. I am trying to install FreeBSD (13.0) in my new PC...
![forums.freebsd.org](https://forums.freebsd.org/styles/freebsd/xenforo/logo.og.png)
Realtek RTL 8125 2.5Gbps LAN controller.
Let me apologize upfront if this is too much of a basic question. Sure there are enough resources out there for me to figure this one out by myself. But, I am complete newbie to BSD Unix, and some guidance may help me to speed up the process. I am trying to install FreeBSD (13.0) in my new PC...
Once FreeBSD 14.1 was installed I looked around and found what appears to be the correct kernel driver file: if_re.ko
It was found in /boot/kernel directory.
As the examples in the forum posts listed above referred to this kernel driver file being in /boot/modules directory, I copied it there.
Again, following the post's advice, I modified 2 files:
1. /boot/loader.conf:
I added the following:
Code:
if_re_load="YES"
if_re_name="/boot/modules/if_re.ko"
2. /etc/rc.conf:
I added the following:
Code:
ifconfig_re0="DHCP"
ifconfig_re0_ipv6="inet6 accept_rtadv"
3. run this:
/etc/netstart
4) reboot
After rebooting, I issued an
ifconfig
command and only saw the loopback interface lo0
, so the expected re0
interface hasn't been set up.I verified with a
ping 8.8.8.8
and it reported that no network path was found.Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?